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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1921)
and M rs . Wort! Butler and Mr ai d Mrs Robt. Smith mo tored to Portland and Gresham last week. SHORT STORIES OF TOWN AND COUNTRY Mr. J. G. McIntosh was in Salem Tuesday buying groceries for his Independence Realty Co. three branch stores which he will establish for hop p eking Tom Kppley e f San Francisco season. If It Cost You Anything; to Attend you. It pleaaea us to please B i s h o >’ s p ia a guest at the home of Mrs. M. fi. Stansberry. Mrs. Lena Bulloch and chil dren, Katharyn and Lester, left J. G. McIntosh, Mrs. A. 1). Wednesday for their home in Davidson, Mrs. S. C. Halladay Los Angeles. and son, Glenn, were in Salem Tuesday. Miss Margaret Kapp was a week end guest of Mrs. Irvin The 0 . L. Fosters and Mrs Baun. Mrs. Baun and Miss Rapp Stewart motored to Salem were friends in Philadelphia, Wednesday. Penn., before coming West. Wm. Dawes, Mrs. Csllson anji A “ Clean Sweep Sale” where Mrs. Chas. Cal breath motored to great bargains prevail is in pro Portland and Vancouver this gress at the Portland Cloak and week. Suit Co., Salem. Khaki outing togs, middies 'n ’everything for women’ s outing “ The Rainbow Trail” at the Misses and Oregon Theatre, Salem, Sunday. wear. You’ ll like the show; you’ ll like the music. i w Willard Craven, Perl Hedges and H. Mattison left Wednesday morning at 4 o’clock for Clear Lnko on a fishing trip. Word Butler says this is his favorite fishing retreat but the rattle snakes are very bad, tho he gave As is their custom, members of the W. C. T. U. are preparing canned fruit to be sent to the Rescue Homes. Jars, rubbers and topB will be furnished for canning and all those wishing to help in the splendid movement will be provided with jars by seeing the committee in charge M O VIES The girls outside of the dormi cleared I t t f o r the grand piano fund by this enterprise. The groups various have also worked industriously and added materially to the fund. Many clever ways o f earning money have been devised. FAMOUS One particu larly acceptable plan was that of * printing the various school songs on M ISTAKE a sheet which sold for ten I oik counties As hundreds of Men in Marion ¿iiiu , . . will testify who have bought during this M l . TO Many students T aken S lo c k L orn our W A IT . R U Superstitious? Do You Believe in Signs? advertiser and a wise m ao. J u d icio u s alw aye pays bu siness a d v ertisin g and esp ecia llv w hen y o u a d vertise in a paper th at ia read by a v a ry b o d y in its territory. T int P olk C ouhty P ost reaches the Made by Hart Schaffne r & Marx, Michael Sterns and D V a lu e s w ere $30 0 0 , $ 4 0 ,0 0 , $ 5 0 .0 0 a n d $ 5 5 0 0 - All thi M en s A t h le t ic ‘ w“k *« 20 °o off All this week $20.°° U. ion Suits 5 i.oo Iress Shirts One Lot BOVS’Suits Men’s Shirts ^8I,S I made of P creates, Madras and with Soft Cuffs O r e g o n C a s s im e r e s , a g e s 9 eye of e v e ry b o d y who might be a possible bu yer in th is section Sh0„ 6,ze8 10 lo 2 95 ^ * Crepes * t o 17 y e a r s . R e g u la r $ 1 0 0 0, Reg. $ 1 .5 0 and $2.0 O $ 1 2 .5 0 a n d $ 1 5 0 0 . All this week at $7.00 $1.15 R ed, «7 A “ $1.95 Hats less 20°« S a le m Woolen M ills Store, $a»m,or.. LET OUR W ANT ADS DO IT CRIPPLE WINS SUCCESS. ELECTRIC MOTOR CAR WATCH Engine of Minute Size, Invention of Frenchman, le Said to Give Perfect Satisfaction, M.J. O’DONNELL ju d ic io u s $7.75 K v g u la i U-Bust-Em We-Fix-Em are a A n A/, -Yi 0 r e s s s „ oe, One Let Suits All Men's am Boy's ClotMnr c.»ars Including Cassimeres, Worsteds and Blue Serges. 2 fQ |* OC were I f you d o y o u # M e n ’s $ 12 00 to $ lb 00 Sale Closes Satu rd ay, Ju ly. 30 An electric motor, reduced to After I had called upon a friend such a minute size that it can be greatly pleased with tnis as the who lives near mv home, her daugh used to operate the works of a ter asked if she might walk to the sheet makes an attractive keep watch of normal shape, is a recent corner with me. sake. Jean said: “ Where is your little French invention, described in Pop ular Mechanics Magazine. Besides girl?” the motor, the watch contains a I said: “ God hasn’t sent one to battery, equally minute, to furnish my house yet.” Jean suid: “ You better order one ¡ the necessary current. This is a soon. It took a long time before liquid battery in a water-tight case, with partitions, all of an indestruc they got me."— Chicago Tribune tible material. The motor is only E V ID E N C E OF S A T I S F A C T I O N . about three-eighths inch in diameter and is composed of two concentric Bring la Tnor wounded tires “ Take the divorce evil.” sad tot nw prescribe for them. fields, with an armature mounted “ Say on.” between them, all serrated. Its A U O NEW TIRES TOE SALE .“ What are we going to do aViut commutator is in the form of a small cavity whieh retains in it, it?” “ I don’t know. The public seems by capillary attraction, one drop of satisfied if it can crowd into a court mercury. What would correspond room and hear the evident».”— to the brush of the eommuator is a tfeop In building formerly occupied Birmingham Age-Herald. by Williams barber shop tiiin metallic pin that moves in and j out o f this drop of mercury. There is, of course, no daily rewinding, and the only thing that ever re quires attention is the battery, which, it is claimed, would have to I be renewed only once a year. cents. ** You Money On M'"’“ He‘ v-V 00 , , A . Khaki Par.ts Clothing,Shoes and Fi i r V g Goods *¿.85 THEATER. The Shakespeare Memorial thea ter at Stratford-on-Avon is to be used as a moving-picture theater when the building ¡8 not needed for the production of ¿Shakespeare an plays. The governors of the me morial association made the deci sion on the recommendation of the executive committee, which urged that only high-clas» films be shown. It is understood that financial considerations led the association to take the step, which in some quar ters is regarded as a desecration. cream at the Monmouth Chautauqua IN l e S t e t s o n a n d M a l lo r y ju st how to protect themselves. dormitory Si ive a instruction at the Baptist church. the boys plenty of tory who sold ice It Might Be Different, But We S TOOTSY WOOTSY! "What makes It Jiggle around ao?” "Ha! ha! It’s a .spoony coupie, trying to fish and hold hands at the same tune!” Barely Escaped Waterspout. More terrible than all the mythical monsters of the deep sea was a water spout which pursued the steamer Ks- pernnxa in the Caribbean sea. ac cording to the captain. The spout was llie largest lie had ever seen. He said it was HKI feet thick and several hun dred feet high. It appeared a quarter of a mile astern and moved rapidly toward the vessel. Only by clever work with the helm was the cnptafn able to steer the K»peranz:i clear of the whirling column. Record St-dam Equaled. In 1915 Mrs. Colbert, an uged woman living Ip PennelrixiU. x. s.. saw five generations of her family living and boasted that she could say: “ Arise daughter and go unto thy daughter, for ► hy daughter's daughter hat1» • son.” A London boy, born without | hands, has triumphed over his in- j (trinity and become an artist of great merit. He has attained “ considerable dexterity in art,” according to the higher educational subcommittee of the Ixmdon city council, who have awarded him a scholarship to pro vide a general art training for three years. “ The success o f this boy is a , notable one,” the education commit- j tee were told, “ both regarded as a triumph over physical disability and as a tribute to the effectiveness of the instruction given in the physi cally defective schools.” CUBANS STUDY THE HOME. Cuba has established a school of the. home. Students are required to be over fifteen years of age and under twenty-five. The school, course lasts nine months, and the girls are taught the management of the home. Of the 30 students who have completed the course successfully, 18 were chosen to ( take up further studies to fit them to he assistant instructors in the 1 school. , | | Orders Taken for Yew wood Fence Posts, Fir hop poles, barn poles and timbers. Butler A Dueltgen, Dallas, : Ore. Phone 423 R 2, Falls City. Hop PKkers Warned. Would like to hea. from those who stayed through last year, and others. Estate. J. R. Cooper 8-4t-p Lost. Conklin fountain pen, ladies’ size. Finder return to office o f The Polk County Post and receive reward. “ Cows for Sale. Two milk cows, both coming fresh soon; good milkers. .1. R Burns, south end o f 7th street. Independence. HIS FINGER IN INKWELL. ''■'■mail ai t r a When I was a young man, a sub stitute teacher in a large high school, I was given a ■ class in physiography. It was the begin ning of the semester, and I wanted to impress upon my pupils the val ue o f the subject. I stated a few facta in a very firm voice, and then to emphasise one point in particular I brought my index finger down hard on the table. When I looked down. 1 found my finger in the inkwell, and with a look of blank dismay I hastily proceeded to wipe the ink off on the edge of the table, amid the roars of the hoys and giggles of the girl students.— Chicago Ameri can. Fright Bleached Hair. While emeslng the strait between Prince Kdward Island and Nova Sen tía at night a woman’s hair changed 'rom hlaok to white. She was in a small boat, and a terrible storm arose Í tt>*t terrified her. i § I i Í i i 9 thin mta<!«rau»ii|¡iiaiBia:i«¡.B:iB II* IK ■ WE EXAMINE YOUR EYES, WE GRIND YOUR LENSES, WE F IT YOUR GLASSES, THE SA/VIE DAY p All work is done by ourselves with our own machines and equipment. | This is your assurance that you will receive the best. THE BOW OPTICAL CO. 325 State Street, Salem Opposite Ladd & Bush Bank Dr. Burdette, Optometrist 1 1 ■ I i I I i 8 I I 9 fl I 9 9 9 § 9 g 111 • i a i v i a i » i a u « 9 ' * i w i « r